10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYLPHISH»
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... With Euclid sage fair Algebra conspire ; ' Th' obedient pulley strong Mechanics
ply,* And wanton Optics roll the melting eye ! ao I see the fair fantastic forms
appear, The flaunting drapery and the languid leer ; Fair Sylphish forms — who,
tall, ...
Edward Verrall Lucas, Anna Seward, 1907
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A Supplementary English Glossary
Fair Sylphish forms, who tall, erect, and slim, Dart the keen glance, and stretch
the length of limb. Poetry of the A ntijacobin, p. 126. Amidst the blaze of lustres ;
in sylphish movements, espiegleries, coquetteries, and minuet-mazes. — Carlyle
...
Thomas Lewis Owen Davies, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1881
3
Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated ...
20 I see the fair fantastic forms appear, The flaunting drapery, and the languid
leer ; Fair sylphish forms — who, tall, erect, and slim, Dart the keen glance, and
stretch the length of limb ; To viewless harpings weave the meanless dance, ...
Anti-Jacobin, Charles Carrington, 1890
4
The Works of the Right Honourable John Hookham Frere in ...
I see the fair fantastic forms appear, The flaunting drapery, and the languid leer ;
Fair sylphish forms T — who, tall, erect, and slim, Dart the keen glance, and
stretch the length of limb ; To viewless harpings weave the meanless dance,
Wave ...
John Hookham Frere, Sir Bartle Frere, William Edward Frere, 1874
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The works of John Hookham Frere, collected with a mem. by ...
I see the fair fantastic forms appear, The flaunting drapery, and the languid leer ;
Fair sylphish forms7 — who, tall, erect, and slim, Dart the keen glance, and
stretch the length of limb ; To viewless harpings weave the meanless dance,
Wave the ...
John Hookham Frere, William Edward Frere, sir Henry Bartle E. Frere (1st bart.), 1874
6
Poetry of The Anti-Jacobin [by G. Canning and others].
Fair sylphish forms — -who, tall, erect, and slim, Dart the keen glance, and stretch
the length of limb ; To viewless harpings weave the meardess dance, 25 Wave
the gay wreath, and titter as they prance. Such rich confusion charms the ravish'd
...
Anti-Jacobin The, George Canning, Charles Edmonds, 1852
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THE CARISBROOKE LIBRARY
20 I see the fair fantastic forms appear, The flaunting drapery and the languid leer
; Fair sylphish forms — who, tall, erect, and slim, Dart the keen glance, and
stretch the length of limb ; To viewless harpings weave the meanless dance, ...
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Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin
20 I see the fair fantastic forms appear, The flaunting drapery, and the languid
leer ; Fair Sylphish forms — who, tall, erect, and slim, Dart the keen glance, and
stretch the length of limb ; To viewless harpings weave the meanless dance, ...
George Canning, John Hookham Frere, George Ellis, 1801
9
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Hon.George Canning
Fair sylphish forms *, who, tall, erect, and slim, Dart the keen glance, and stretch
the length of limh ; To viewless harpings weave the meanless dance, Wave the
gay wreath, and titter as they prance. Such rich confusion t charms the ravish'd ...
10
Protean Shape: A Study in Eighteenth-century Vocabulary and ...
Once Pope had popularised the Sylphs, it was easy for the Adventurer (93) to
coin sylphish. The suflix had been available ever since English was English. But
there is more to this than obvious word-building—there often is, when the ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYLPHISH»
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sylphish is used in the context of the following news items.
Romance in the 90s (or lack thereof)
Or perhaps a line like "Struck wordless by your sylphish features" might glide by. Really, sylphish?! The times, they have a-changed. Check out some of my ... «Chicago Reader, Feb 13»
Maria the Korean Bride Meets Laramie's Buckhorn Bar
Two sylphish graduate students who'd never been in the Buckhorn before stood just outside the open door, thumbnails to lower lips, gauging whether they'd be ... «New West, Sep 10»
